Someone here recommended a Hafler 945 to me, so I went out and found one. Its a remote controlled preamp/tuner that delivers great sound, has defeatable tone controls and costs about $200 used. I would recommend you find one of these, but the only thing is that there is only 1 set of outputs so if you are feeding many amplifiers you may need to think about it a little. Good luck.
Looking for Tuner/Preamp combo
Hi,
For a second system that will send sound throughout the house.
My criteria are: 1. Cheap (under $500 new or used), and 2. full-function remote.
I've considered the Adcom GTP-502 or GTP-506 (latter is not cheap enough unless I get lucky) and the B&K PT3. Does anyone have experience with these?
Are there other units available that I can consider?
I do see a lot of older AV pre-amps for sale cheap (local dealer has a Nakamichi and a Rotel RTC-970 on sale for $200 and $300 respectively), because that stuff gets outdated so fast. Will all those extra features get in the way of a music-only system?
Thanks!
- Eric
For a second system that will send sound throughout the house.
My criteria are: 1. Cheap (under $500 new or used), and 2. full-function remote.
I've considered the Adcom GTP-502 or GTP-506 (latter is not cheap enough unless I get lucky) and the B&K PT3. Does anyone have experience with these?
Are there other units available that I can consider?
I do see a lot of older AV pre-amps for sale cheap (local dealer has a Nakamichi and a Rotel RTC-970 on sale for $200 and $300 respectively), because that stuff gets outdated so fast. Will all those extra features get in the way of a music-only system?
Thanks!
- Eric